IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Choice
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA079031
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA079031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0926
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55714
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.6008339
  • Std. Longitude: -120.1172256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 135 meters N and 210 meters E from SW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karen Wiley and Eric Vinson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Choice
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Choice
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Xerorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—35

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    25

    —

    —

    588

    —

    0

    25

    —

    —

    15

    25

    8

    18

    27

    11

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    1Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05246; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1A—12 to 35 centimeters (4.7 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05247; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Ck1—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films throughout; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05248; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230401; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230401
    1Ck2—56 to 92 centimeters (22.0 to 36.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint pressure faces throughout; 30 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05249. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common pressure faces surface features throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230402; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230402
    1Ck3—92 to 138 centimeters (36.2 to 54.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, pressure faces throughout; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05250; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few pressure faces surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230403; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230403
    1Cr—138 to 142 centimeters (54.3 to 55.9 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Not sampled.